PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. 462 of 2025 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 462 of 2025 Mohd Naseem Hashmi .....Petitioner(s) Versus State of U.P. and 5 others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : M.A. Haseen Counsel for Respondent(s) : Kartikeya Saran, Sunil Dutt Kautilya, C.S.C., Harsh Vardhan Gupta, Manoj Kumar Singh, Vibhu Rai, Pooja Singh Chief Justice's Court HON'BLE ARUN BHANSALI, CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE KSHITIJ SHAILENDRA, J. 1. This writ petition in the nature of public interest litigation has been filed by a resident of village Jhunsi Kohna, District Allahabad seeking the following relief:- "Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing/commanding the respondents to remove the illegal and unauthorized construction from the entire Mela area and produce the complete detail report/map before this Hon'ble Court, ensuring to provide safe, comfortable and sufficient space to devotees, without any danger to their rites, lives and properties etc., for all time, particularly during yearly Magh Mela, Kumbh Mela and Maha Kumbh Mela, and to ensure the compliance of the orders passed by this Hon'ble Court in PIL No. 4003 of 2006 (Re-Ganga Pollution vs.